{"id":450,"date":"2022-09-18T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=450"},"modified":"2024-06-19T21:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:46:02","slug":"i-finally-made-it-to-saturn-in-gyruss-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/18\/i-finally-made-it-to-saturn-in-gyruss-today\/","title":{"rendered":"I finally made it to Saturn in Gyruss today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a14913499f70&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a14913499f70\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104128.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104128.png 720w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104128-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I pigged out on Korean BBQ (yakiniku) with the female spouse unit (the female offspring unit doesn&#8217;t eat much) while watching The Last Crusade (she likes Indy Jones movies, but not so much Star Wars, but that&#8217;s alright) and then Message from Space. Played some Gyruss and booze doesn&#8217;t work so well to enhance reflexes, so I gave up trying to beat my high score tonight. Still, thanks to the weekend challenge on the <a href=\"https:\/\/gab.com\/groups\/57549\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gab.com\/groups\/57549\">Retro Palace group on Gab<\/a>, I finally made it to Saturn for the first time in my life today! As for the Famicom\/NES version, I can&#8217;t figure out how to get past that ball &amp; chain boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1491349a563&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1491349a563\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104308.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104308.png 720w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gyruss-220918-104308-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a kid, playing Gyruss for the first time, I think that may have been the first time I ever had played an arcade game with an actual soundtrack. I&#8217;m talking besides Atari&#8217;s Star Wars\u2026 a game with a continuous soundtrack! Space Invaders has that great bass tune, but that only half counts. I&#8217;m talking Johann Sebastian BACH! As a kid, I was like, &#8220;DUDE, CAPTAIN NEMO MUSIC.&#8221; Before I found out he was Nadia&#8217;s father\u2026 No, I mean the Disney movie I watched over and over again on the Disney Channel whenever it was on because there was nothing else to do, which gave me a passion for sea monsters and stuff. Hearing this in the game, with a sped-up tempo, really blew my mind. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor! Classy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m playing Gyruss, chasing alien starfighters in warp tunnels as they speed towards planet Earth, destroying them before they can approach my homeworld. And when I got that shot powerup for the first time, when it gave a real deeper, bass to the sound to the shots, I really felt like I had serious firepower at my fingertips. Oh man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many times have I told you kids to get off my lawn? I&#8217;m playing Gyruss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pigged out on Korean BBQ (yakiniku) with the female spouse unit (the female offspring unit doesn&#8217;t eat much) while watching The Last Crusade (she likes Indy Jones movies, but not so much Star Wars, but that&#8217;s alright) and then Message from Space. Played some Gyruss and booze doesn&#8217;t work so well to enhance reflexes, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/18\/i-finally-made-it-to-saturn-in-gyruss-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I finally made it to Saturn in Gyruss today!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-games","tag-retrogaming"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}